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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand (NBTC) together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are jointly organising the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Universal Access and Service and Broadband Deployment 2015 during 25-27 March 2015 at Pullman Bangkok King Power Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The Forum is organised under the ITU/ADB framework on ICT for Development in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICTD-ASP) , which was launched in April 2014.
The three-day forum, featuring plenary sessions, bi/multi-lateral meetings, and exhibition, is aimed to:
Provide a forum for all relevant stakeholders to meet and discuss about issues, challenges, and opportunities concerning Universal Access and Service, sustainable ICT development projects as well as broadband deployment;
Identify innovative approaches for promoting broadband through USO framework and/or public-private partnership;
Identify potential projects which could be implemented under the ICTD-ASP framework; and,
Push forward a proposal to make the Asia-Pacific USO forum a regular event e.g. on an annual basis.
The Forum is the first in the series of ICTD-ASP annually regional forums particularly on Universal Access and Service and Broadband.
Air Chief Marshal Thares Punsri Chairman, NBTC, Thailand Bio data
General Sukit Khamasundara Commissioner, NBTC, Thailand Bio data
Ioane Koroivuki Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bio data
Bart W. Édes Director, Social Development, Governance and Gender Division, Asian Development Bank Bio data
Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Meteorology, Environment, Information, Disaster Management, Energy, Climate Change and Communications, KINGDOM OF TONGA Bio data
John Davies Vice President, Intel Corporation and ITU Broadband Commissioner Bio data
Gustavo Peña-Quiñones President, Telecom Regulators Association Bio data
Dr. Syed Ismail Shah Chairman, Pakistan Telecom- munication Authority, Pakistan Bio data
Digambar Jha Chairman, Nepal Telecommunication Authority Bio data
Chun Vat Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications Cambodia Bio data
Shivnesh Prasad Director Communications, Ministry of Justice and Communications, Fiji Bio data
Dr. Akhtar Badshah Founder and CEO, Catalytic Innovators Group Bio data
Prof. Dr. Marco Gercke Director, Cybercrime Research Institute Bio data
John Roman Director, Broadband and Regulatory Policy, Law and Policy Group, Intel Corporation Bio data
Anjan Ghosh Regional Director of Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific & Japan, Intel Corporation Bio data
Scott W. Minehane Principal, Windsor Place Consulting Pty. Ltd. Bio data
Parvez Iftikhar International ICT Consultant Bio data
Tenzin Dolma Norbhu Lead ICT Policy Specialist and Regional Coordinator for Asia, ICT Sector Unit, Transport and ICT Global Practice World Bank Bio data
Gerard Sylvester Knowledge and Information Management Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Bio data
Mira Tayyiba Deputy Director, Post, Telecommunication and IT, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia Bio data
Ir. Rozinah Anas Project Director, MERS 999, Telekom Malaysia Berhad Bio data
Wantanee Phantachat Director of Institute of Technology for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons NECTEC Thailand Bio data
Ilyas Ahmed, Chief Executive, Communications Authority of Maldives Bio data
António Brígido Correia President, the Autoridade Nacional de Communicações, Timor-Leste Bio data
BAI, Chunxia Senior Researcher and Consultant, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology Bio data
Marie Laure Lemineur Global Programme Leader, Combating the Sexual Exploitation of Children Online, ECPAT International Bio data
Dr. Peter Lovelock Director and Co-Founder, TRPC Pte. Ltd. Bio data
Yoonee Jeong Research Director, TRPC Pte. Ltd. Bio data
Ansgar Palauva Chairman of the National Information & Communications Technology Authority of Papua New Guinea and Universal Access and Service Board Chairman Bio data
Shashi Raghunandan Vice President, Mobile Money and Personal Payment Solutions MasterCard Bio data
David N. Townsend Lead Expert Universal service funds and broadband strategy development for USAID’s Global Broadband and Innovations programme Bio data
Abdul Wakil Shergul Chairman, Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority Bio data
Aamir Riaz Programme Officer, ITU Bio data
TRINH MINH NGOC Division of Planning and Operation, Vietnam Public-Utility Telecommunication Service Fund Bio data
TOH Swee Hoe Chief Officer, Industry Regulation in charge of policy compliance and implementation cluster MCMC Bio data
Jack Spilsbury Deputy U.S. Coordinator International Communication and Information Policy, the State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Bio data
Ganbat Tumurbaatar Senior officer, Market and Tariff Regulation Department of Communications Regulatory Commission Mongolia Bio data
Beatrice G. Quimson Deputy Executive Director of e-Society Office, Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Office Bio data
Wan S. Yi Senior Researcher, Future Strategy TF, Korea Internet & Security Agency Bio data
Phuntsho TOBGAY Director, Department of Information Technology & Telecom, Ministry of Information and Communications, Royal Government of Bhutan Bio data
John Owens Senior Policy Advisor, Digital Financial Services & Financial Inclusion Policies, Alliance for Financial Inclusion Bio data
Phonpasit PHISSAMAY Director general of eGovernment center, Lao PRD Bio data
Rajnesh Singh Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau Internet Society Bio data
Myungha Hong Director/Ph.D, Global IT Planning & Consulting Dept., National Information Society Agency Bio data
Dr. Shim Jang Sup Research Fellow of the Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion, South Korea Bio data
ROAR BJAERUM Head of Financial Services Asia, Telenor Group Bio data
Sujin Kim Manager/Project Coordinator, Global Cooperation Team National IT Industry Promotion Agency of the Republic of Korea Bio data
Dr. Dilawar Grewal Vice President of Administration, University of the South Pacific in Fiji Bio data
Wares Borvonsin Director USO Bureau, NBTC, Thailand Bio data
Kyaw Oo Deputy Director, Posts and Telecom- munications Department, Ministry of Commu- nications and Information Technology Myanmar Bio data
Achira Taulananda Deputy CFO, True Corporation Plc. Bio data
Wisit Atipayakoon Programme Officer, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bio data
Seok-Yong Yoon Senior Public Management Specialist (e-Governance), Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank Bio data
Daniel Kingsley Senior Adviser, Digital Development, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID Bio data
Pairoj Waiwanijchakij Vice President Digital Product Management, AIS Bio data
Niklas Cassel CEO and co-founder, nWise AB Bio data
Lloyd M. Fikiasi Manager Legal and Market Competition/UAP, The Office of the Telecommunications Regulator, Vanuatu Bio data
- Presentations - ITU Invitation Letter - Concept Note - Tentative Programme - Useful Information for Participants - Hotel Reservation Form